MissP22

Can anyone tell me if the loyalty credit is applied the same for a 10 day cruise as it would be for a 5 day trip?

Someone told me that it depends on the length of a cruise and yet I'm reading that it's the same no matter what the length.

Now I'm confused.:confused:

I almost never get to dress up at home, so when I am on vacation, a cruise or otherwise, I want to dress up as much as possible (preferably every night at least!) It seems the "crowd mentality" is moving towards casual... not dressing up... and if the trend continues - I wouldn't care if everyone else on the ship was in shorts, I intend to dress up no matter what. It would literally ruin the vacation for us to wear the same clothes we wear at home. We go to land based casinos quite often and find the same trend there - regardless of how luxurious the surroundings are, people in shorts and t-shirts. We dress up every day in there regardless of what anyone else is doing. It enhances the experience for us tremendously. For us, it IS necessary to dress up, regardless of the ship's rules or level of enforcement. Sorry to have to disagree.

I don't take your comments as disagreement but as an opinion. You're entitled to have yours even though we don't see eye to eye.

It those people who feel that they should control everyone on the ship that gets me.

I can understand that people who don't cruise that often and after reading the brochures think that it's a mandatory obligation that everyone must follow that's annoying.

Please continue to enjoy every minute on Princess dressing up when ever the mood strikes you.

I seriously doubt if they'll bring back Sabatini's once again but the sooner they realize that SHARE isn't going to make it the better.

Those short cruises attract drinkers & kids, especially during spring break time. They're not worth the time unless you've got no other choice.

For what it's worth, the ladies can get away with practically anything these days, while the guys seem to be shamed into wearing a jacket. It's totally a silly game left over form the cruising days many generations ago.

My husband is the one who continually books the Princess cruises & he hasn't dressed formally in years. If they forced him to dress up in the main DR I doubt if he would continue to sail Princess, which we both love.

My husband plans to wear a sports jacket and tie. He wore tuxes for years on sea and land and wore suits to the office. We have spent the last 10 years sailing on Windstar, Azamara and Regent. Those cruise lines adopted Country club casual sailing years ago. We sailed to Bermuda on Celebrity last summer and he wore a sports jacket without a tie and was quite comfortable. He will wear the tie on the first formal night on the Regal. Dressing up is just not what it used to be for us. Cruisers who choose to continue to don formal attire should be comfortable doing so as well. As a certified "people watcher", I enjoy the show!

 

 

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The same for us. We're getting to old to care what others think about our style of dressing. We're both neat, clean & presentable. What more can you ask of us?

If men and Women are supposed to be Equal...... Why are women allowed to be comfortable in a loose neck dress. But men are tied up around the neck ? Women can be loose around the body with slinky dress, but men are tied up around the body?? it makes no sense :-(

That was one of the main reasons why my husband decided to be more comfortable. Not to the point of dressing sloppy but just leaving his suit & tie behind for a dressier casual look.

Princess just wants people to look decent on formal nights and not just show up in unpressed jeans & t shirts. Just about anything else is acceptable.

My husband & I both used to dress up until on a Princess cruise many year ago we realized that it was totally unnecessary & we were only doing it because many others were.

Not to be disrespectful but since it was our vacation after all, why should we have to bow down to what others might prefer?

We haven't conformed to the crowd mentality in many years and yes we do dine in the main dining room on formal nights and never once thought about returning to dressing up only to satisfy others.

There are plenty of opportunities in life to dress as formally as you like but a vacation shouldn't be one of them.

I wonder where all the other people went to. The ship looks vacant.

It's about time that they increased that upper limit. :)

I think this is a revenue generator -- after one self-medicates,

they can visit the medical center, and have their blood pressure

tested (for a fee).

There are no medical advice or procedures that are free on Princess as far as I know of.

Will not help on a Princess ship.

 

Only two buttons are higher and lower temp.

 

No digital display.

I think flowery is mixed up with a different cruise line.

We have been on both the Royal and Regal and have experienced major vibration issues. It usually occurred as we were pulling out of port. On the Royal's maiden TA, we were at dinner when we pulled out of Venice. Our table was right next to the Table Lumiere. The ship vibrated so badly that the Murano Glass sculpture in the center of the table broke. Fortunately it was just one "leaf".

With the side thrusters running the vibration is to be expected.

Sailed on the Royal last year. I agree with you on the baristas and the overall bad attitude at the IC. Got small pies from there twice and both times they were stone cold. When I asked to have rhe second one warmed up I was told No. I never got another pastry from them and did mention it on my survey. First time ever getting food that cold from the IC. Also it was rhe same food evry day of the course with no changes.

 

Felt no vibrations at all on the 7 days we cruised on her. Overall we were happy with the cruise.

Strange. With as many times as I've been to the IC last Nov. I never encountered them to be cold or have a bad attitude. Understandably they are overworked & I can accept that they might be a cheerful as someone you'll meet at your local Starbucks but they all did their job in an efficient & pleasant way.

I'll take special attention to it on our next Royal trip.

On our 14 day B2B we brought several nice slacks decent shirts & a sport coat & a few ties. We leave the tuxes for when we do Cunard, then we go all out!

On Cunard it's expected. They're a different sort of clientele.

People over do the dressing on 6 day cruises when just something like a pair of dress slacks & fancy top are all you really need. Why bother with all the extras for only 1 night?

I honestly don't understand how people would know someone is spending hours in the Atrium unless they are spending all of their time there also. Just because people are playing cards doesn't necessarily mean they are camping out all day and quite frankly, who cares if they do?

 

It's not the same thing as taking up space in the Horizon Court during busy hours.

As you say the Horizon is mainly there for eating where the Piazza is there for drinks, eating & entertainment combined.

If a table in that area is that important she should have arrived earlier in the day & camped out as the others have done. Problem solved.

Yes, we had the butter restrictions on the Ruby last week. There was always plenty of bread on the table. Even in the Crown Grill the butter was being served a pat at a time. You could have more if you asked though.

Nothing like a frozen pat of butter to put on top of my mashed potatoes. :D

Oh and yes I do take the log home, scan it & have never read one over the years. :rolleyes:

I don't see why they couldn't deliver a "Balcony Dinner" to any location on the ship as long as it didn't interfere with the ships operation.

The secret is sending only older clothing to the laundry so if anything gets damaged you haven't lost all that much.

I have some beaded blouses I wouldn't trust to anyone to wash other than doing it myself at home.

We usually arrive at the pier early & get to be among the first to board but we have paid the price by having a long wait on occasion when the boarding was delayed for some reason. It's rare but it does happen.

We've always been charged one punch for iced coffee.

On cruises with many ports and tours I will make up an itinerary spread sheet and put it on the wall behInd the desk so we both can keep track of what we are doing. It's held in place with a couple magnets that we bring aboard for that purpose.

We also make up an itinerary sheet & tape it to our mirror with painters tape.

We love the Retreat pool but there's not much shade. If you'r fair skinned be warned.

Neither my husband nor myself would show up in the dining room in "cut offs and thongs". If I had to guess my husband would wear dark pants, a white button down and a tie. I'm encouraging leaving the suit coat home. I'd wear a dress. Nothing beady or viva Las Vegas. Easy to pack and simple with black sandals. That's as formal as I have any intention of getting.

 

 

This the way we've always done it on Princess and never once have had any rejections on entering the dining room on formal nights.